Monday, November 01, 2010

An Animated Discussion

Halloween 2010 is but a memory–a hazy memory for some in this household. Between us and the gift-oriented holidays lies only the blip of Thanksgiving. Now dawns the sobering realization that we may already be too far behind to catch up.

I was talking about this with my therapist just last week. She suggested that I deal with my holiday angst in a constructive fashion by putting my heated inner dialogue down on paper so that I could properly analyze it. But I was out of paper, so instead I made an animated cartoon starring Albert Einstein and the Queen of England.

That will strike you as an odd coupling until I explain that whenever I experience a heated inner dialogue, that's who the voices in my head sound like. (Although sometimes instead of Einstein I hear Fanny Brice; but the animation Web site doesn't offer a Fanny Brice avatar.)

The result is that I still don't have my holiday knitting under control and I have to find a new therapist.

Are there perhaps children in your life who would rather have toys? Just wondering. I bet funny drawings would work instead of knitting for the knitting-adverse. I may give artwork instead, myself. It certainly takes less time. Good luck as we move into the annual endgame.

They were for my Mom's birthday in June. I need to finish and wrap them by Thanksgiving so she can take them home with her. I may have to Nanosockmo to get these done, unless she'll settle for anklets.

That was awesome. My husband sitting next to me was listening in spite of himself, and got an opportunity to roll his eyes too. The best line: "If you wanted me to knit you a cabled scarf, you should have told me in June"

Sweetie....I really don't mind what you knit me for X-mas..... Anything is good..in any colour...any pattern..any yarn (but no acrylic please!!)..... as long as it is yours....and I won't complain..Promise.... And you have my address... so I am waiting patiently till X-mass arrives...

Franklin I haven't ever commented before but I love your blog and this post is exactly what I needed to brighten my morning. I was in a horribly bad mood until I saw this cartoon. Thanks for the laugh!!

Oh my goodness... I literally had to hold my hand over my mouth in order to not BURST into laughter in my cubicle... I'm not sure my co-workers would understand... brilliantly hilarious... (and I find myself grateful that My Honey has already asked for a hat... )

Maybe you can crochet the roller skates? http://www.maggiescrochet.com/baby-bootie-boutique-p-484.html I'm sure you have time to modify the pattern to be bigger than booties, maybe convert it to knit instead of crochet, make them in-line rather than 4 wheelers, etc. That won't take long and I'm sure you can do it, you can do anything!!!!

LOLOLOLOL!!!Thank you for this, Franklin! I am reading it on 11/2, which is my 50th birthday, and I was determined to be a pissy, depressed crab all day long. You've managed to put the 2nd genuine smile on my face today (The 1st was from my kiddo, but that kinda doesn't count). Anyway, you are hysterical and I deeply appreciate your humor.

I had this conversation with my newish BF this year:"What would you like me to knit you for Christmas?""I... don't know? A squid hat!""What the hell is it with you guys and squid hats?"*"I don't know sweetie. What do you want to knit me for Christmas?""We haven't been dating long enough for me to make you a sweater. How about socks?""Pants! Mohair pants!""There are easier ways for us to break up."

Hilarious AND insightful!! How's that for multitasking! I just may be able to get my 3 simultaneous projects finished, if not on time, at least knowing I'm NOT alone. Thank you for making me laugh outloud, (LOL!!).

Liz and Albert? Hmmm. I can't imagine. He'd be far too old for her, and she's probably got someone who does her knitting for her. All that aside, I appreciated the laugh. If I have to work that hard to find out what to knit for someone else, I say forget it and start on something frivolous for me. At least I appreciate it.

I have been spewing with laughter for days now. I have watched this video over and over, sent it to my kids, husband, friends, extended family. It is spot-on perfect in so many ways. Thanks for some great comic relief.

Ohhh, I'm so glad I'm not the only one living in Crazy Town. Someday would you animate a conversation between Ben Franklin (Franklin, get it?) and Leonardo DaVinci? They've been my invisible friends for years, and Leonardo would look smashing in a mohair mobius, don't you think?

I don't think I've laughed that hard in a long time! Tears streaming down my face I said to my husband (who was watching it with me) "isn't that hilarious?" and he gave me a puzzled look and said " I think it's a knitter thing"

I love the cartoon - and thanks for the link to the tool. My son (a soph in hs) keeps on having English projects that require hours and hours of computer work - this is a great tool for "dramatic dialog" and it will make a fun presentation.

OMG, I'm crying here in the office I'm laughing so hard. I just made my husband the first item I ever knitted for him: a cashmere scarf, which he did not ask for, which was not ready in time for our anniversary in October, and which he insisted should be black, and I think I need to show him this video.

I'm sending the link to your animation to my husband. In hopes that he'll understand that size 15EEE kilt hose need more than six weeks to complete... (or that he'll think I'm not alone in my crazy; either is fine).

Oh my goodness..as I sit here with tears of laughter running down my face and all my close coworkers running over to make sure those strangled laughing sounds are not the signs of serious illness. Thank you Franklin.

Franklin, please GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!! I have been doing that (to everyone) since September. One difference though; I just decided to knit whatever I WANTED to give, not necessarily what THAT INDIVIDUAL would have chosen!!!

I was in tears Heather...I even typed out the dialogue it made me laugh so much. I knitted an Orange scarf, found a Duplo/Lego character and added the printed dialogue and gave it as a Christmas present...I sent them the link previously so they saw the video. This made my year!

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